Shutter-worker.



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J. H. ROSE. SHUTTER WORKER. APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 13, 1902.

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JOHN HENRY ROSE, OF SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA.

SHUTTER WORKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 725,144, dated April14, 1903. Application filed June 13,1902) Serial No. 111,499. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN HENRY RosE, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Shreveport, in the parish of Oaddo and State of Louisiana,have made certain new and useful Improvements in Shutter-Workers, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in that class of shutter-workers whichare adapted to be operated from the inside of a building.

It is the object of my invention to provide a simpler, cheaper, and moreeasily applied apparatus than those of its class heretofore employed. Tothis end I have adopted the construction, arrangement, and combinationof parts hereinafter described, reference being had to accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure l is a perspective view illustrating theapplication of my invention to a windowframe shutter or blind. Fig. 2 isa vertical cross-section taken adjacent to the operating-rod of theshutter-worker. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section. Fig. 4 is a perspectiveview illustrating a modification of the joint between the operating-rodand the slidable rod forming an attachment of the shutter or blindproper.

The main parts of my improved shutterworker are a jointed or two-partoperatingrod A and a slidable rod B, the two being pivotally connectedat 1. The said slidable rod B is arranged in keepers or guides 2 inhorizontal position on the inner side of the lower portion of a shutteror blind O. The said guides may consist of screw-eyes, as shown. On theouter end of the rod a nut 3 is applied to serve as a stop.

The operating-rod A consists of an outer flattened portion 4 and aninner portion 5, provided with a handle or knob 6. The said rod slidesthrough a portion of the sill I) of the window-frame and is also held intwo keepers or guides-7 and S. The outer guide 7 is a right-angularplate, which is screwed to the inner side of the window-sill. Aclamp-screw 9 passes through the horizontal flange of the guide-plate,and by contact with the slidable rod A it serves to lock the same whenthe shutter O is either open or closed. The outer keeper 8 incloses theflattened portion 4 of the operating-rod and is made of about twicethelength of the width of the rod, so that the latter has a certain degreeof lateral play therein, as maybe required to accommodate the movementof the slidable rod B and the shutter in opening and closing. Awear-plate 10 is secured to the inner side of the blind at a pointopposite the joint 1 of the two rods A and B.

The purpose of making the outer portion 4 of the operating-rod A flat orrectangular, as shown, is to prevent its rotation on its axis, so thatin opening and closing the shutter C no twist will occur at 1, and hencethe parts will operate with minimum friction. For the same purpose-towit, to prevent rotation of the operating-rod-I may form the joint inthe manner shown in Fig. 4, where the ends of the rods A and B are shownfiattened and pivoted together.

In order to open the shutter C, the inner jointed end 5 of theoperating-rodAis raised to horizontal position, so that it is inalinement with the inner or flattened portion 4, and the same is thenpushed lengthwise inward, whereby the shutter is swung around on itshinge into the position shown in Fig. 8. The rod A is then clamped bymeans of the screw 9, so that the shutter is held locked in position.Oontrariwise, in order to close the shutter O the rod A is pulled,whereby leverage is applied to the shutter through the medium of theslidable rod B and the shutter thereby brought into the position shownin Fi s. 1 and 2, when the same is locked by means of the clamp-screw 9.

It will be seen that the apparatus is very easily operated for openingor closing .the shutter O and that it consists of few parts, which arenot liable to get out of order; further, that the apparatus may beeasily applied to window-frames and shutters by boring through theWindow-sill and then apply ing the several parts in the position shown.

Having thus described my invention, what -I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with a window-frame and hinged shutter, of a slidablerod arranged horizontally in keepers on the lower portion of the shutterand provided with a stop at its outer end, an operating-rod pivoted tothe inner end of such slidable rod and having its outer portionconstructed rectan 3. The improved shutter-worker, comprising a slidablerod and having a stop at its outer end, screw-eyes serving as guides forsaid rod, an operating-rod which is pivotally connected with theslidable rod, and two' keepers for thelatter, one of whichisarightangular plate having a clamp-screw, as shown and described."

4. Ashutter-worker comprising a rod having a limited longitudinalsliding movement in connection with the shutter and held in allpositions approximately parallel with the plane of the shutter, and anoperating-rod jointed to the sliding rod and having a longitudinalmovement in a direction transversely to the direction of length of thesill substantially as set forth.

5. The combination of the blind, the sill, the rod held to the blind andhavinga limited longitudinal movement in guides provided on the blindand held in all positions approximately parallel with the plane of theblind, the sill, and the operating-rod movable longitudinally in adirection transverse to the direction of the length of the sill andjointed at its outer end to the rod sliding on the blind substantiallyas set forth.

JOHN HENRY ROSE.

' Witnesses:

F. O. MARSDEN, W. R. THOMAS.

